Match Reaction v Borussia Dortmund

[Cripps_orig]

Theo, fair enough, but RvP?

I want Arsenal to win and it is so much harder for us to do that when Chamakh on the pitch. If we had Titus Bramble playing up front for us everyone would hate him too. Even though he's a better striker than Chamakh he's still shit and why would we want shit playing for us?

Why is he getting critisism for a 10 minute display that he could do nothing about with the amount of pressure Dorymund put on us?

Why not mention Gervinho who was awful and missed sitters?

HAd that been Chamakh, we'd never hear the end of it

We've been through this Chamakh debate so many times and not once have i seen any legitimate critisism of him from you bar "hes shit". Pretty much says it all.

Im sorry he cant score 40 a game but no other striker does and you dont think they are shit.

The fact you thought Chamakh was shit before Xmas last year when he was scoring whilst being laughable pretty much tells me everything i need to know about your knowledge of strikers.

Sure hes only scored one goal this year but if you hardly play, you dont score.

Simples

[Niall_Quinn]

Why is he getting critisism for a 10 minute display that he could do nothing about with the amount of pressure Dorymund put on us?

Why not mention Gervinho who was awful and missed sitters?

HAd that been Chamakh, we'd never hear the end of it

We've been through this Chamakh debate so many times and not once have i seen any legitimate critisism of him from you bar "hes shit". Pretty much says it all.

Im sorry he cant score 40 a game but no other striker does and you dont think they are shit.

The fact you thought Chamakh was shit before Xmas last year when he was scoring whilst being laughable pretty much tells me everything i need to know about your knowledge of strikers.

Sure hes only scored one goal this year but if you hardly play, you dont score.

Simples

Your own post adequately explains why Chamakh is shit. In a game where we're under the cosh, teh last thing you need is Mr Anonymous up front. It's not about the goals, it's not about missing sitters, it's about getting some time on teh ball and making yourself available so the defence can attempt top relieve some of the pressure. Gervinho had to have the ball to fuck it up, didn't he? And just by having the ball it was a help for the defence. You asked before, why get at Chamakh, he did nothing wrong. In fact he did everything wrong, as usual. He provided no relief for the defence whatsoever, therefore there was no reason for him to be on the pitch. In fact it was detrimental having him on teh pitch because we replaced a player who at least saw some of the ball. As I said, Chamakh is of benefit only to our opponents.